Necktie forming and securing device



United States Patent NECKTIE FORMING AND SECURING DEVICE KjartanKristjansson, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application June 22, 1953, Serial No. 363,055

1 Claim. (Cl. 2--153) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in necktie forms, and means for securing a necktie solidlyin the tied shape.

Thus, it is the purpose of this invention to provide a device, Which inthe above regard is infallible in operation, and very cheap tomanufacture.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts,hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, forming part of this application, and in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, andin which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view, showing a tie wound upon and shapedaccording to my device.

Figure 2 is an elevational view of my said device.

Figure 3 is a sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a bottom view of my device; while Figure 5 is a detail viewof the tie securing member.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, Figure 1 shows a tie woundaround or upon a form, or base shown in Figure 2.

The said form 10 is provided with a slanting upper edge portion 11, andhas its sides slightly inwardly bent, as at 12, with a downwardlytapered body portion 13, which terminates in a semi-tubular end portion14.

A member 15, having the shape substantially of a 45 degrees circle, withone side 20 shorter than the other side 21 to allow room for a tie flapin the semi-tubular end portion, is pivotally secured at the bottom ofthe tie-form 10 in said end portion, by a pin or rivet 16, in such amanner that said member will normally, due to gravity, depend from thelower end of said semi-tubular end portion 14. The said member will, bybeing capable of being swung outwardly and substantially all clear ofthe opening 17 in the semi-tubular end portion, as shown in dotted linesat 19, readily permit the insertion of an inner necktie flap 18 throughsaid opening, when in the process of winding or tying the tie upon thetie-form 10, while by sub- 5 sequently moving or turning said member 15back and inward into the opening 17 after said tie fiap has beeninserted in the opening, said member 15 will solidly grip said tie flap,and thereby prevent the latter from getting loose, and thus prevent adislocation of the necktie proper.

By the position the member 15 is susceptible of assuming, as shown at19, the operation of the device becomes extremely easy.

It should in this connection be noted, that in order to obtainsutlicient space for the insertion of the tie flap 18 through thesemi-tubular end portion 14, the member 15 is pivotally secured at theextreme edges of said end portion, as shown in Figure 4.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of the several parts, Within the scope of the appendedclaim, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not,therefore, wish to limit myself to the exact construction shown anddescribed herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is:

A device of the class described, comprising a tie forming and securingmember having a slightly curved upper portion and slightly inwardlyturned and downwardly tapered edges, the lower portion of said memberbeing of a semi-tubular shape adapted to receive one flap of a tietherein, and a 45 degrees circular disk-shaped piece pivotally fastenedat the extreme outer edge at the lower end of said semi-tubular portion,said disk-shaped piece permitting of an outwardly swinging motion, andsaid disk-shaped piece having one of its rectangular sides shorter thanthe other side, whereby to allow ample space for the insertion of saidtie flap.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,452,648 Mead Apr. 24, 1923 1,811,748 Di Tosto June 23, 1931 2,157,623Nugent May 9, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS 9,223 Australia Sept. 16, 1932307,696 Great Britain Mar. 14, 1929 982,329 France Jan. 24, 1951 Dec.20, 1955 K. KRISTJANSSON 2,727,244

NECKTIE. FORMING AND SECURING DEVICE Filed June 22, 1953

